South32’s Hermosa mine would be the first approved under a new, fast-tracked process. The company recently notified local ...

Roughly 95% of California vernal pool habitats have been destroyed by agricultural and urban development, fertilizers and pesticides. Vernal pools are soil depressions with a waterproof layer that ...

The Permian Period, which lasted from about 299 to 252 million years ago, was one of the most fascinating and dangerous times ...

A rare giant salamander called an eastern hellbender was spotted recently in Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Fish and ...

Biologists surveying an eastern Kentucky stream captured a glimpse of a rarely seen giant salamander whose numbers are declining.